Bovril castle

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Southwark
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Southwark

Saturday 28th January 2023

Report written by Daryl Shaw (he/him)

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6 GoodGymers, including first timer Leigh, came along on Saturday morning to help out at Kingswood House, a 19th century mansion that used to be owned by the inventor of Bovril!

Kingswood Arts are working towards opening for the public in April. Today's task involved continuing to clear a room at the back of the property that was started on Southwark's Wednesday night group run. There was appliances and furniture that needed to be moved down into the basement in order for the floors to be restored. The room used to be an orangery and the Kingswood Arts team are planning to make it into an indoor garden. We got to work while Jack from Kingswood Arts made us hot drinks. After an hour and a half of heavy lifting, Jack was happy with what we had got done and made us a round of Bovrils before sending us off with donated bread that was going to go to waste.


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Kingswood Arts CIC
Fixing up an old mansion into a community centre in South London!

Kingswood Arts is a new not-for-profit arts centre and cultural hub, opening in spring 2023, designed to support its local community through creativity. Located in a stunning 32 room mansion, we will offer a range of free and affordable activities, events and performances for young people and adults, involving music, drama, dance and visual arts. The beautiful house will be available for weddings, and has a number of spaces available to rent including offices, studios and workshops.

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Attendees
Leigh Hall
Gemma
Daryl Shaw
Emily Hart
Linda Gatley
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Linda Gatley

Sat 28th Jan 2023 at 4:14pm

Impressive teamwork getting those cookers and the sofa down the basement stairs (and we even had our very own "Pivot!" moment)!